
Swiss Premiere
Writing with Fire
by Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh
Country / Year
India / 2021
Duration
94 Min.
Languages
Hindi
Subtitles
Genre
Direction
Rintu Thomas,
Sushmit Ghosh
Cast
Meera Devi,
Suneeta Prajapati,
Shyamkali Devi,
Alima Tarannum,
Alka Manral
Meera films the testimony of a rape victim with her iPhone before confronting the police for their inaction. For Meera, thorough journalism is the key to justice. That's why she founded the only newspaper in the whole of India published entirely by Dalit women, the so-called "untouchables" – the very lowest caste. Every day, they report on the most explosive issues and fight for social change, even if it means risking their own safety. WRITING WITH FIRE follows at close quarters a determined group of women who question the social system and boldly break with tradition.